Combined necktie and collar fastener.



o. 802,393. PATENTED 001224, 1905. H. HELLWEG COMBINED NEGKTIE AND UGLLAB, FASTENER.

APPLIGATION FILED APRA, 1904.

irnrrnn srarrns TENT UFFyQE HENRY HELLWEG, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 24, 1905.

Application filed April 4, 1904:. Serial No. 201,618.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, H ENRY HELLWEG, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county oi' Milwaukee, and State of l/Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Necktie and Collar Fastener` of which the following isaspeciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in a combined necktie-holder and collar-fastener; and it pertains more especially', iirst, to the device for permanently securing a tie-retaining clasp to the collar-band at the center of the back of the collar, whereby the necktie is retained in connection with the collar as the latter is removed from the shirt; second, to the peculiar construction of the collar-button by which the neckband is secured together at the back of the shirt, which button is adapted to be retained in the neckband after the collar and tie have been removed.

The construction of my invention is eX- plained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which* Figure l represents a vertical section of my device in connection with a collar, tie, and a neckband of a shirt. Fig. 2 represents the tie-retaining clasp in connection with the tie and collar as they appear from the back of the collar. Fig. 3 represents my device in connection with a collar which is removed from the collar-button and shirt as it appears from the inside of the collar. Fig. I is a detail.

Like parts are identilied by the same reiference-letters throughout the several views.

A represents the collar-button, by which the overlapping ends B and C of the neckband are secured together. The collar-button A comprises the two' band-retaining flanges D and E, and intermediate connecting portion F, provided with a longitudinal aperture for the reception of the shank Gr of the tie-retaining clasp. rIhe tie-retaining clasp comprises the vertical portion P. tie-retaining hooks It R Jfor the reception ot' the tie I, resilient shank G, by which it is connected with the collarbutton, and collar-retaining hooks J, which engage the lower edge of the neckband K oi' the collar.

L represents the overlapping exterior fold of a turn-down collar, which entirely covers up the tie-retaining clasp.

rl`he shank G is 'formed of two parts, between which is a longitudinal slit M, which permits the respective sides to spring apart after being forced into the aperture of the collar-button, whereby the clasp andbutton are locked together.

` It will be understood that by this construction when desirous to remove the collar from a persons neck it is necessary simply to withdraw the shank G from the button without disengaging the button from the neekband of the shirt or without removing the clasp from the collar and that when desirous to connect such parts it is necessary simply to insert said shank in the aperture of the collar-button, which is readily and quickly done. The tieretaining clasp is bent to form a loop N, through which the tie is inserted. Then attaching the clasp to the neckband-of a collar, the hooks J are first caught under the lower edge of the neckband beneath the buttonhole, when said clasp is turned forwardly toward the neckband, while the shank G is si multaneously forced through the eyelet O of the collar, as indicated. When such parts are together, the clasp is retained in place by the cooperative action of the shank Gr and the retaining-hooks J, whereby the liability of the clasp and tie becoming detached from the collar when removed from a persons neck is avoided.

While I have shown my fastening device in connection with a turn-down collar, it will be obvious that it is equally adapted to be used in connection with the ordinary standing collar.

In the modilied form shown in Fig. a the reference-letters Gr', P, and M' are used to indicate similar parts to those referred to as (i, I), and M in Figs. l and The respective sides or' the shank G are formed integrally with and from the cut-away portion S/ S oi' the clasp, from which clasp they are cut by a punch, with the exception of their integral ends, when they are brought together to Aform the respective sides oi' the shank, as shown in said Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a collar-button comprising two band-retaining {'langes and a connecting central portion provided with a longitudinal aperture, of a tie-retaining clasp provided with a fastening-stud adapted to engage in the longitudinal aperture of said collar-button; two tie-retaining hooks adapted to engage the respective edges of a tie, and band-retaining' hooks adapted to engage the IOO lower edge of the collar, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a collar-button comprising two band-retaining flanges and a connecting Central portion provided with a longitudinal aperture, of a tie-retaining clasp provided with a resilient fastening-stud adapted to engage in the longitudinal aperture of said collar-button, said Clasp comprising the vertical central portion P, tie-retaining hooks IO R, R and tlie ban il-ietaining hooks J, all substantially as, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofl I aix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY HELLWEG.

JAS. B. ERWIN,

l I fitnessesz I LEVERETT C. VHEELER. 

